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Biography
Matej Hrovat was brought upon this world in the year 1974. A pianist all his life under the guidance of prof. Darinka Bernetic, his repertoire includes such classics as Beethoven's piano sonatas (Waldstein, Moonlight, Pathetique), Chopin's Polonaise A-flat Major (plus various popular Preludes and Waltzes), Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 and Ravel's incredibly difficult "Gaspard de la Nuit"; The speed record was Chopin's "Minute Waltz" performed in 53 seconds. He has also studied the playing style of Chico Marx, Scott Joplin's ragtimes and plays many evergreens arrangements.
Keen on composing from the very beginning; in the first decade he wrote mainly for piano solo (Variations in d minor). Then, with the arrival of affordable PC audio cards in 1992 he sought to harness the power of the machine to this end. The new electronic sounds were soon heard on a radio show about computer music. Experiments with good old trackers concluded in "Concentus Primus for grand piano and tracker". Then, getting hold of a proper synth he pursued the classical form (resulting in such works as the synth sonata "Endless Moment", Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in e minor and others - see the Solo section. Then the true power (Roland XP-80) came, opening unlimited vistas of compositional possibilities that brought the CD "In Search of Harmony Horizon". Yet more synths and gear arrived ....... He performed his music live at various events, scored a platform game (George the Starfish Elephant), films (Faces of Africa, The Collector), kids' stories (Tales for Lana) and is currently working on a new solo project and some piano compositions.
On the intellectual front; in 2000 he has graduated in Computer Science at the University of Ljubljana, developing a prototype of notation OCR software ScanNotan as his graduation project; can even do some computer graphics, animation and webpage design (well, you're looking at it!) and works as a developer for the software company Adacta. Since '95 he's been stalking the Net as "Aziraphal".
Live performances
Sunday, September 17th, 7 pm:
Slovenian Philharmonic Hall, Ljubljana
Apperance at a charity concert for Ruanda
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The concert is organized by Jelka Kadunc, founder of the MAK educational society.
More information about the event and other performers coming up next week.
Two piano compositions will be performed live:
M. Hrovat: Fantasia Appassionata No. III
M. Hrovat: Scherzo alla Paprica
Stay tuned...
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Piano - composition recital at Music School Vič, Ljubljana (May 31st, 2006)
F. Liszt: Concert etude No.3 (Sospiro)
M. Hrovat: Fantasia Appassionata No. III
F. Chopin: Polonaise A-flat major, Op.53
J. Haydn: Two etudes (Allegretto)
D. Scarlatti: Sonata C-major
F. Chopin: Four preludes (e minor, f-sharp minor, F major, d minor)
N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the bumble bee
M. Hrovat: Tabula Perdita for string quartet, with guest performers, members of the Philharmony Orchestra
M. Hrovat: The Art of the Duel
Piano - composition recital at Prežihov Voranc Elementary School, Ljubljana (April 15th, 2004)
Franz Schubert: Impromptu no. 3 in G-flat Major
Matej Hrovat: Scherzo alla Paprica
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Maurice Ravel: Scarbo (from the Gaspard de la Nuit trilogy)
Matej Hrovat: The Legend of the River Man (Playback of the electrosymphonic poem based on F. Preseren's ballad with backing computer animation created especially for this performance)
Each year at SGBS Ljubljana, (usually on the last Saturday of May)
Appearing as guest on Prof. D. Bernetic piano class concert
Young Composers of Slovenia concert at the Kunigunda 2001 festival, Velenje Music School (August 29th, 2001)
Prelude, Intermezzo & Fugue for synths & Theremin
KUD Alt Gutenberg society concert, Trzic (December 15th, 1999)
Prelude No.2, Flight of the Last Dragon, Andante, Ballad, Sagittarius
Slovenian Adult Education Center, Ljubljana (October 19th, 1998)
Musical accompaniment of the event and solo act (Blue Cathedral)
Ludwig van Beethoven piano recital, SGBS Ljubljana (November 13th 1998)
Rondo a Capriccio, Op.129 "The rage on account of the lost Groschen"
Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 "Pathetique"
Sonata No. 21 Op. 53 "Waldstein"
At the opening of the Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition (June 6th, 1997)
Prelude no. 2, Ballad, Flight of the Last Dragon
Solo synth performance at SGBS Ljubljana (April 13th, 1996)
All the songs from "Endless Moment", see Solo page
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All music files on these pages Copyright Matej Hrovat 1994 - 2006 and may not be used for other purposes than private listening without the author's written permission. All music (audio or notated) is registered with SAZAS (Slovenian member of CISAC) Copyright Society.
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